Predictable Christmas

Predictable Christmas

I know no one’s coming.
Yet I put up a tree.
I can stare at it. 
It can stare at me.

The lights in the bathroom?
I’ll put up again this year.
Quite likely l’ll shed 
the same salty tear.

New Years, yesterday’s fears 
Ring out the old. Ring in the same.
Each one is so predictable
that it refuses to change.

Christmas is for children, lovers,
families and the like.
Single, solitary souls will simply
pass the night.


12/9/19

The darker side of Christmas Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Richard Lamoureux

Second Chance Contest' Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Richard Lamoureux

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Date: 2/18/2020 7:44:00 AM
Indeed they do.;0)
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Date: 2/17/2020 9:06:00 AM
This one has a lot of heart. Congrats on your top placement.
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Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 2/17/2020 9:24:00 AM
Thanks for the placement Richard. People take a lot of things for granted on the holidays.
Date: 12/15/2019 8:14:00 AM
Janis congratulations on your win in my Christmas writing challenge with this wonderful poem.
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Date: 12/9/2019 6:53:00 AM
well done Janis. Thanks for sharing this
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